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Kilroot Battery is a World War One coastal defence installation located near Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Constructed during the First World War to protect Belfast Lough and its strategic approaches from enemy naval and aerial attack, the battery formed part of the wider defensive network established around the lough during the conflict. The site comprises gun emplacements and associated military structures typical of early twentieth-century coastal artillery fortifications. As a recorded monument (HED NI NISMR MonID 16587), Kilroot Battery represents an important element of Northern Ireland's Great War defence infrastructure.
Kilroot battery. ww1 coastal battery is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16587. View the official record →
Kilroot Battery is a World War One coastal defence installation located near Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16587.
Kilroot battery. ww1 coastal battery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 16587.
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